DEA NYPD vs EST Courses
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DEA NYPD
This app provides active and retired New York Police Department Detectives with access to news, events, and benefits information. Users require a website login to access content, which can be requested via the support page on their website.
- News updates
- Event listings
- Benefits information
- Resource documents
- Website login required
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Welcome to The Detectives’ Endowment Association app for active and retired New York Police Department Detectives to view news, events, benefits information, resource documents and more. PLEASE NOTE: Access to information in the app is limited to Detectives with a website login. To request a login, please visit our website support page, and fill out the form with the tax ID you have on file with the DEA.
EST Courses
Access course content, connect with fellow students, and upload files from your device. View grades and manage your learning materials within enrolled courses. This app allows for offline browsing of course materials.
- Offline course content browsing
- Student contact and communication
- File uploads (images, audio, video)
- View course grades
- Mobile learning management
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With this app you can do the following once enrolled in a course with Elite Strategic Training. - browse the content of your course(s), even when offline - quickly find and contact other students in your course(s) - upload images, audio, videos and other files from your mobile device - view your course grades - and more!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: EST Courses at 4.8 against DEA NYPD's 4.1. EST Courses also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%). DEA NYPD's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
EST Courses holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of DEA NYPD's written reviews are positive against 100% of EST Courses's.
DEA NYPD ships an update every 14 months, EST Courses every 11 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | DEA NYPD | EST Courses |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (11 ratings) | 4.8 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Every 11 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Detectives Endowment Association Police Department, City of New York Inc. | Elite Strategic Training |
Customer experience
DEA NYPD
EST Courses
In-app purchases
DEA NYPD
No in-app purchases
EST Courses
No in-app purchases
